Greenpeace


Monday, February 5, 2018
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Greenpeace Appeals After Losing Norwegian Arctic Drilling Lawsuit

By Alister Doyle and Terje Solsvik OSLO, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Environmental groups launched an appeal on Monday after an Oslo court rejected their

February 5, 2018
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Offshore drilling rig photo via Shutterstock / James Jones Jr
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Norway Environmental Lawsuit Says Arctic Oil Plan Violates Constitution

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Norway’s plan for Arctic oil exploration is unconstitutional because it violates the right to a

November 14, 2017
Total Views: 45

Thursday, September 21, 2017
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Greenpeace Activists Scale Car Carrier in Thames Estuary

By Costas Pitas LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Greenpeace activists boarded a ship arriving in Britain on Thursday to stop the delivery of more than

September 21, 2017
Total Views: 75

Friday, August 18, 2017
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Norway Arrests Greenpeace Ship and 35 Activists During Protest at Arctic Oil Well

Norwegian authorities have detained Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise after a protest at a Statoil contracted drilling rig at Norway’s northernmost oil

August 18, 2017
Total Views: 104

Friday, July 21, 2017
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Greenpeace Activists Protest Near Statoil Drilling Rig in Barents Sea

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, July 21 (Reuters) – Environmental activists protested on Friday near an offshore rig contracted by Statoil in the remote

July 21, 2017
Total Views: 55

Thursday, July 20, 2017
Russia Says Greenpeace Boat Seizure Ruling Encourages Illegal Protests
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Russia Says Greenpeace Boat Seizure Ruling Encourages Illegal Protests

MOSCOW, July 20 (Reuters) – Russia rejected a ruling by an international arbitration court which said Moscow must pay damages for seizing a Dutch-flagged

July 20, 2017
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Russia Told to Pay Dutch $6 Million Over Greenpeace ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Seizure
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Russia Told to Pay Dutch $6 Million Over Greenpeace ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Seizure

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, July 18 (Reuters) – Russia must pay the Netherlands more than 5 million euros ($5.79 million)in damages for seizing a

July 18, 2017
Total Views: 135

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Seven Chinese Vessels Detained Off West Africa for Illegal Fishing
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Seven Chinese Vessels Detained Off West Africa for Illegal Fishing

By Emma Farge DAKAR, May 2 (Reuters) – Authorities in West Africa have detained eight seven Chinese vessels for fishing illegally and the boat

May 3, 2017
Total Views: 116

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Russia Ordered to Compensate Greenpeace Over ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Ship Seizure
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Russia Ordered to Compensate Greenpeace Over ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Ship Seizure

  AMSTERDAM, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay compensation for seizing the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise

August 25, 2015
Total Views: 69

Friday, August 14, 2015
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Greenpeace Protesters Face Steep Fines for Bridge Hanging Stunt

  By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Five Greenpeace protesters who dangled from a Portland, Oregon, bridge for two days in a bid to block

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 29

Friday, July 31, 2015
WATCH: Shell Icebreaker Threads Bridge Hanger’s Barricade
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WATCH: Shell Icebreaker Threads Bridge Hanger’s Barricade

  By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 (Reuters) – An icebreaking vessel key to Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic

July 31, 2015
Total Views: 87

Thursday, July 30, 2015
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Greenpeace Bridge Hangers Stand Off With Shell Icebreaker As Fines Rack Up

Update 2: The Shell icebreaker Fennica threaded through the human barricade late Thursday. Check out the video from the scene.  Update: Greenpeace

July 30, 2015
Total Views: 43

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
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Greenpeace Activists Hang from Bridge to Block Shell Icebreaker

  A group of twenty six Greenpeace activists have suspended themselves from a bridge in Portland, Oregon in an effort to stop Shell icebreaker from

July 29, 2015
Total Views: 66

Monday, June 15, 2015
Shell’s Polar Pioneer Rig Departs Seattle Amid Protests
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Shell’s Polar Pioneer Rig Departs Seattle Amid Protests

  SEATTLE, June 15 (Reuters) – A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 50

Saturday, April 18, 2015
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Countdown to Mass Protest Begins as Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig Arrives in Puget Sound

Greenpeace’s “Mosquito Fleet” in Port Angeles harbor in Puget Sound greeted the arctic-class semisubmersible drilling rig Polar Pioneer as it

April 18, 2015
Total Views: 16

Friday, April 17, 2015
Shell Rig Arrives in Washington Sans Greenpeace Activists
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Shell Rig Arrives in Washington Sans Greenpeace Activists

The 674-foot semi-submersible heavy lift ship Blue Marlin arrived Friday to its anchorage in Port Angeles Bay, Washington with Shell's arctic-bound oil rig

April 17, 2015
Total Views: 83

Sunday, April 12, 2015
Greenpeace Activists Forced Off Shell Oil Rig
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Greenpeace Activists Forced Off Shell Oil Rig

Six Greenpeace activists have been forced off one of Shell’s Arctic-bound oil rigs in the Pacific Ocean due to weather. The six activists boarded the

April 12, 2015
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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Shell Seeks to Remove Greenpeace Activists From Drilling Rig

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it has filed a complaint in federal court in Alaska seeking an order to remove Greenpeace activists who climbed aboard an oil rig in

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 52

Monday, April 6, 2015
Greenpeace Activists Board Shell’s Arctic-bound Oil Rig
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Greenpeace Activists Board Shell’s Arctic-bound Oil Rig

Six Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard a Shell oil rig as it makes its way across the Pacific Ocean bound for Seattle and ultimately the Alaskan arctic.

April 6, 2015
Total Views: 88

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise Detained, Again.
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Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise Detained, Again.

A year after being detained by Russian authorities, Greenpeace’s vessel Arctic Sunrise is once again under the control of government authorities.  This

November 18, 2014
Total Views: 98